Born in Paris but traveled widely as a child. With her father transferring first to Mexico and later around the world, she grew in touch with Bossa Nova and other local flavors of music.Returned to France and started Piano lessons at age 10 and Jazz school at age 12. Started her professional career in 1987 by sending a demo tape to Jazz greats Johnny Griffin and Ben Sidran, and was subsequently given an opportunity to record several songs with them.
In 1988 released her first single, "Absolument Jazz" with CBS France. Signed a contract with Sony Music Entertainment Japan in 1990, and released many singles and albums. From 2003 to 2005 switched to the Epic Records Japan label, and from 2005 to 2008 to Toshiba EMI. Returned to Sony Music Entertainment in 2008.
Sabor A Mi
Clémentine Lyrics
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nuestras almas se acercaron tanto así
que yo guardo tu sabor
pero tu llevas también sabor a mi
Si negara mi presencia en tu vivir
bastaría con abrazarte y conversar
tanta vida yo te dí
que por fuerza tienes piel, sabor a azucar
No pretendo ser tu dueña
no soy nadie, yo no tengo vanidad
De mi vida doy lo bueno
soy tán pobre, que otra cosa puedo dar
Pasarán más de mil años, mucho más
yo no sé si tenga amor la eternidad
pero allá, tanto como aquí
en tu boquita llevarás sabor a azucar
No pretendo ser tu dueña
No soy nadie, yo no tengo vanidad
De mi vida, doy lo bueno
Soy tan pobre que otra cosa puedo dar?
Pasaran mas de mil años, mucho mas
Yo no se si tenga amor la eternidad
Pero alla, tanto como aqui
En tu boquita llevaras sabor a mi
Sabor a mi
Cuando te miro bailando
Sabor a mi
Loca me pongo mulato
Y cuando vienes por mi
Que bien te ves con tu guayabera chulo
Cuando tu bailas conmigo guapo
Me dices al oido lo que tanto me quieres
Yo te repito que me tienes loca
Sabor a mi tiene este mulato guapo
Y cuando nos vamos los dos a la playa
Todas mirando se te quedan
Sabor a mi
The lyrics of "Sabor A Mi" by Clémentine translate to "Taste of Me" in English. The song speaks of a passionate and intense love that has been enjoyed for a long time, where the souls of the lovers have come together so closely that they can taste each other. The singer talks about holding onto the taste of her lover while acknowledging that her lover also carries a taste of her. She explains how even if she denies her presence in her lover's life, the memories she shared with him will always remain, leaving a taste of sweetness.
The lyrics continue to reveal the singer's lack of entitlement and self-importance as she acknowledges her poverty and inability to provide material things. Still, she offers the goodness in her life to her lover, hoping it is enough. She further expresses her love for her lover, saying that even if a thousand years pass, the taste of each other will never fade. The song ends with the singer admiring her lover's appearance and the way he makes her feel, stating that the taste of him has left a mark on her.
Line by Line Meaning
Tanto tiempo difrutando de este amor
We've been enjoying this love for so long
nuestras almas se acercaron tanto así
Our souls got so close
que yo guardo tu sabor
That I keep your flavor with me
pero tu llevas también sabor a mi
But you also carry my flavor with you
Si negara mi presencia en tu vivir
If I denied my presence in your life
bastaría con abrazarte y conversar
All it would take is to hug and talk to you
tanta vida yo te dí
I gave you so much life
que por fuerza tienes piel, sabor a azucar
That you inevitably have sweet, sugary skin
No pretendo ser tu dueña
I don't intend to be your owner
no soy nadie, yo no tengo vanidad
I'm no one, I have no vanity
De mi vida doy lo bueno
I give the best of my life
soy tán pobre, que otra cosa puedo dar
I'm so poor, what else can I give?
Pasarán más de mil años, mucho más
A thousand years will pass, even more
yo no sé si tenga amor la eternidad
I don't know if love lasts forever
pero allá, tanto como aquí
But there, as much as here
en tu boquita llevarás sabor a azucar
You'll carry the taste of sugar in your mouth
Cuando te miro bailando
When I watch you dance
Loca me pongo mulato
I go crazy, my handsome
Y cuando vienes por mi
And when you come for me
Que bien te ves con tu guayabera chulo
How good you look in your cool guayabera
Cuando tu bailas conmigo guapo
When you dance with me, handsome
Me dices al oido lo que tanto me quieres
You whisper to my ear how much you love me
Yo te repito que me tienes loca
I tell you back that you make me crazy
Sabor a mi tiene este mulato guapo
This handsome mulatto tastes like me
Y cuando nos vamos los dos a la playa
And when we both go to the beach
Todas mirando se te quedan
All the girls stare at you
Sabor a mi
The taste of me
Writer(s): Alvaro Carrillo Alacon
Contributed by Jack L. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
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